A prestigious 340,000 sq ft mixed-use redevelopment in Knightsbridge
K1 KNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON SW1X
Client:
Carraig Investments Sarl
Date of investigation:
Apr 2015 to Aug 2017 (phased)
Consulting engineers:
Waterman Structures Ltd
This Development includes high-end retail and office space, luxury residential units and roof-top restaurant. The project included a complex façade retention and further challenges included the presence of the Knightsbridge LUL underground tube station beneath part of the site. SCL undertook two phased of phased investigations including the following:
Cable percussive boreholes to between 40m and 65m depth
Rotary cored borehole to 71.50m depth using GeoborS techniques to provide high quality soil core samples
Hand excavated trial pits to expose existing foundations and services
In-situ self-boring pressuremeter testing
Downhole seismic testing (using specialist sub-contractor) to determine shear modulus
Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) using basement system with existing foundation for reaction
Contamination testing
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